At least seven people are dead and another 150 are missing after a ferry sank in Bangladesh. So far, 35 survivors have been found.
As a teenager, Babul Miah was sent to prison for a murder he says he never committed but the promise of an early release turned him into a hangman.
Troops fanned out across Bangladesh on Monday to hunt 1 000 fugitive soldiers blamed for a revolt by border guards that left 78 dead.
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/ 19 November 2007
Soldiers and relief workers raced on Monday to get aid to millions left destitute by the cyclone in Bangladesh, where the official death toll has topped 3 100 and is certain to rise. Untold numbers of survivors were in urgent need of food and water in the south, one of the poorest areas of the world.
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/ 28 February 2006
A court sentenced 21 Islamic militants to death on Tuesday for their part in a deadly wave of blasts that saw more than 400 bombs explode almost simultaneously across Bangladesh last year. The bombings killed three people and rocked a nation which had previously denied having a serious problem with extremism.